Monty pythons life of brian is a 1979 british comedy starring john cleese eric idle graham chapman and michael palin it tells the story of brian cohen a young jewish man who is born on the same day as and next door to jesus christ and is subsequently mistaken for the messiah not official merchandise ltbr gtltbr gtsticker design reads peoples front of judealtbr gtltbr gtplease note that next day or express delivery is not applicable to stickers